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===The Holy Supper on the Resurrection Day===

The Council of Nicaea put an end to the Paschal controversies that lasted for about 200 years from around 150. The Paschal controversies arose when the Churches in the East and the West disagreed, insisting on the date of the Holy Supper. Pascha (πάσχα) is a Greek word for the Hebrew Pesach (פֶּסַח). Pesach means the [[Passover]], the day the Israelites were liberated from Egypt. At that time, the Church in the West, centered on Rome, had the Holy Supper on the [[Day of Resurrection|Resurrection Day]], which was actually celebrated on the Passover according to the Bible. However, the Church in the East had the Holy Supper of the Passover on the evening of the 14th day of the first month by the sacred calendar, and celebrated the Resurrection Day on the Sunday after the Passover.

{{quote|“A difference had arisen between East and West. In Asia the all-important date was the 14th Nisan . . . . . . Christians were accustomed to fast until three in the afternoon and then celebrate the Eucharist. In the West, however, the fast was maintained until the '''Sunday''' following the 14th Nisan and then only was the '''paschal Eucharist''' celebrated, '''on the ground that that was the day of the week upon which the Lord rose from the dead.'''”|J. W. C. Wand, ''A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500'', 2006, p. 82–83}}

{{quote|“A difference had arisen between East and West. In Asia, the all-important date was the 14th Nisan . . . . . . Christians were accustomed to fast until three in the afternoon and then celebrate the Eucharist. In the West, however, the fast was maintained until the '''Sunday''' following the 14th Nisan and then only was the '''paschal Eucharist''' celebrated, '''on the ground that that was the day of the week upon which the Lord rose from the dead.'''”|J. W. C. Wand, ''A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500'', 2006, p. 82–83}}

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 ===The Holy Supper on the Resurrection Day===
 The Council of Nicaea put an end to the Paschal controversies that lasted for about 200 years from around 150. The Paschal controversies arose when the Churches in the East and the West disagreed, insisting on the date of the Holy Supper. Pascha (πάσχα) is a Greek word for the Hebrew Pesach (פֶּסַח). Pesach means the [[Passover]], the day the Israelites were liberated from Egypt. At that time, the Church in the West, centered on Rome, had the Holy Supper on the [[Day of Resurrection|Resurrection Day]], which was actually celebrated on the Passover according to the Bible. However, the Church in the East had the Holy Supper of the Passover on the evening of the 14th day of the first month by the sacred calendar, and celebrated the Resurrection Day on the Sunday after the Passover.
-{{quote|“A difference had arisen between East and West. In Asia the all-important date was the 14th Nisan . . . . . . Christians were accustomed to fast until three in the afternoon and then celebrate the Eucharist. In the West, however, the fast was maintained until the '''Sunday''' following the 14th Nisan and then only was the '''paschal Eucharist''' celebrated, '''on the ground that that was the day of the week upon which the Lord rose from the dead.'''”|J. W. C. Wand, ''A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500'', 2006, p. 82–83}}
+{{quote|“A difference had arisen between East and West. In Asia, the all-important date was the 14th Nisan . . . . . . Christians were accustomed to fast until three in the afternoon and then celebrate the Eucharist. In the West, however, the fast was maintained until the '''Sunday''' following the 14th Nisan and then only was the '''paschal Eucharist''' celebrated, '''on the ground that that was the day of the week upon which the Lord rose from the dead.'''”|J. W. C. Wand, ''A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500'', 2006, p. 82–83}}

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